A fungus that has killed millions of bats has for the first time been found in bats on both sides of the continental divide ...

The disease, called white-nose syndrome, is caused by a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). It can sometimes ...

Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a ...

For the first time, researchers have identified a protein that represses the activity of energy-burning brown fat. The ...

Torpedo bat vs regular bat "Torpedo" bats are untraditional barrel bats that rest closer to a hitter's hand, forming what looks like a bowling-pin-like barrel, according to the MLB.

Bat bites are very small and difficult to notice, especially on young children and pets. If you do find a bat in your home, or if you have had contact with a bat, the bat should be tested for rabies.

Of two types of fat in the body, white adipose tissue (WAT) mostly stores energy, while brown adipose tissue—its cells have more mitochondria which gives them a brown hue—is responsible for ...

BAT; CT Hounsfield unit; FDG; physiological uptake; Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is the main organ involved in nonshivering heat production and is regarded as important for the maintenance of the body's ...

Several endocrine factors alter metabolism in abdominal organs. 18 In particular, interleukin (IL)–6 is an endocrine factor that plays multiple roles in the response of the body to infection, exercise ...

Now that MLB’s Baseball Savant website has unveiled a new suite of bat tracking numbers including, among others, bat speed and swing length, we are left to wonder whether the past will repeat ...

A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day.

When erect, the bats' penises were on average 0.65 inches long. That might sound small, but for an animal that's only 2.44 to 3.15 inches long, it's actually 22% of their body length, the ...